Reversing silences in West Papua: Interdisciplinary research and (audio) documentary

Journalism about West Papua is in many ways an act of translation. It involves not only translating between languages, but also disciplines, audiences and knowledges. This article examines how interdisciplinary research-such as anthropology and history- might intersect with journalism as a means to...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Pacific journalism review : PJR 2020-07, Vol.26 (1), p.200-225
Main Author: Lopez, Belinda
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Anthropology
audio
Audio-visual aids
documentary
Documentary movies
Evidence, Documentary
Frontline
history
Human rights
Interdisciplinary research
Investigative reporting
Journalism
Lopez, Belinda
Psychics
Citations: Items that this one cites
Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:Journalism about West Papua is in many ways an act of translation. It involves not only translating between languages, but also disciplines, audiences and knowledges. This article examines how interdisciplinary research-such as anthropology and history- might intersect with journalism as a means to understand and challenge existing gaps in translation, or 'silences' about West Papua in the past and present. It also reflects on how audio documentaries carry out such translation work on misunderstood and underreported issues. To illustrate this, the author reflects on the process of making the audio documentary #Illridewithyou, West Papua for ABC Radio National's Earshot documentary programme as well as a companion longform article for the ABC's website.
ISSN:1023-9499
2324-2035
DOI:10.24135/pjr.v26i1.1097